* [patch] hso: memsetting wrong data in hso_get_count()
@ 2012-02-22 7:30 Dan Carpenter
2012-02-22 20:32 ` David Miller
0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread
From: Dan Carpenter @ 2012-02-22 7:30 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Jan Dumon
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman, linux-usb, netdev, David S. Miller,
kernel-janitors
The intent was to clear out the icount struct here, but we accidentally
clear stack memory instead. It probably will lead to a NULL dereference
right away.
Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@oracle.com>
diff --git a/drivers/net/usb/hso.c b/drivers/net/usb/hso.c
index 304fe78..e1324b4 100644
--- a/drivers/net/usb/hso.c
+++ b/drivers/net/usb/hso.c
@@ -1632,7 +1632,7 @@ static int hso_get_count(struct tty_struct *tty,
struct hso_serial *serial = get_serial_by_tty(tty);
struct hso_tiocmget *tiocmget = serial->tiocmget;
- memset(&icount, 0, sizeof(struct serial_icounter_struct));
+ memset(icount, 0, sizeof(struct serial_icounter_struct));
if (!tiocmget)
return -ENOENT;
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* Re: [patch] hso: memsetting wrong data in hso_get_count()
2012-02-22 7:30 [patch] hso: memsetting wrong data in hso_get_count() Dan Carpenter
@ 2012-02-22 20:32 ` David Miller
0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: David Miller @ 2012-02-22 20:32 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: dan.carpenter; +Cc: j.dumon, gregkh, linux-usb, netdev, kernel-janitors
From: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@oracle.com>
Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2012 10:30:25 +0300
> The intent was to clear out the icount struct here, but we accidentally
> clear stack memory instead. It probably will lead to a NULL dereference
> right away.
>
> Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@oracle.com>
Applied, thanks a lot Dan.
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